10 OCTOBER 1952, page 18

Country Life

DOWN in the gully, overhung by an ash-tree and two or three clumps of gorse, there was little but a floor of broken rock, limestone that had crumbled from the sides of the gully......

Flood And Fish.

From nothing much more than a trickle, I have seen the river rising to almost a flood. A fortnight ago the rocks were showing, and the boulders were coated with green slime. At......

Wasps And Winter.

Wasps are seeking shelter and warmth everywhere. Like flies that take to the sunny side of a tree-trunk and bask on the bark, they are to be seen on a wall that throws back......

Lift Gladioli.

Lift and dry out the corms of gladioli before they are forgotten and lost. It is easy to forget such things, but the sight of a tray of tulip-bulbs helps to remind one that......

Digging Out A Ferret.

Two men were digging in the bank, throwing up a great mound of red earth containing the roots of blackberry and dog-rose. I watched for a while and smiled. They had been trying......